Operation Wooden Leg
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Operation Wooden Leg was an Israeli airstrike on the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Hammam Chott, near Tunis, Tunisia, on 1 October 1985. With a target 1,280 miles from the operatio
PLO headquarters under attack during the operation
One of the involved F-15D Eagle Baz #280 with the symbol in 2015
The involved F-15D Baz #280 (left) in formation with others in 2015
A GBU-15 bomb with TV guidance dropped by an F-4E in 1985
Operation Gift was an Israeli Special Forces operation at the Beirut International Airport on the evening of 28 December 1968, in retaliation for the attack on the Israeli Airliner El Al Flight 253 tw
Operation Wooden Leg
…A Los Angeles Times report said that the US Navy had the opportunity to alert Tunisia but decided not to. It would have given over an hour's warning. Operation Gift Operation Opera…
Burning MEA Caravelle
Super Frelon transport helicopters, like the ones used in Operation Gift
A Bell 205 multipurpose helicopter of the IAF, used in Operation Gift
A destroyed Sud Aviation Caravelle after the raid